Lack of Medical Officer: Gurugram Blood Bank sealed, FIR registered
"There should be full-time deployment of a medical officer at blood banks and only in his presence, blood donors should be selected and blood collected, but the medical officer of this centre, Dr. Vipin Kathuria, was not working there full-time. He was found absent during the raid," Vij said.;
Gurugram: A private blood bank operating in Gurugram sector 56 has been sealed by the food and drug administration department of Haryana after irregularities surfaced during a raid on the facility, officials said on Saturday.
An FIR was lodged against a doctor and an executive director of the blood bank at the local police station based on a complaint by the department, they said.
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Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij said raids were conducted on the blood bank in Sushant Lok Part-2, Sector-56, based on specific inputs. The action was part of a campaign against blood centers involved in illegal activities, he added.
"There should be full-time deployment of a medical officer at blood banks and only in his presence, blood donors should be selected and blood collected, but the medical officer of this centre, Dr. Vipin Kathuria, was not working there full-time. He was found absent during the raid," Vij said.
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